Lincoln County, New Mexico is a small county located in the south-eastern part of the state. It has a population of around 20,000 people and is governed by a Board of Commissioners. The most recent election for County Commissioners was held in 2016, and all five members were re-elected to their positions. The Board of Commissioners is responsible for setting policy and overseeing county services such as public health, public safety, parks and recreation, and infrastructure maintenance. The Board also serves as an advocate for the county residents’ interests in local government meetings and other activities. Lincoln County provides many opportunities for its citizens to get involved in local politics through various initiatives such as town hall meetings, Candidate Forums, Voter Registration Drives & Campaigns, Community Outreach events, and more. In addition to these initiatives Lincoln County offers several political clubs that seek to educate voters on important issues as well as provide support for political candidates running in local elections.
The political climate in Lincoln County, NM is very conservative.
In Lincoln County, NM 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.4% to 31.0%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lincoln County, NM is very conservative.
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New Mexico is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lincoln, New Mexico: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Lincoln County, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,340 contributions totaling $73,336 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 811 contributions totaling $354,709 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $437 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)